So it was true! A pain slashed at her heart as savagely as a wild animal's fangs.

I don't see how it could possibly be made into a movie unless the entire book was scrapped and Shirley Temple cast as 'Bonnie,' Mae West as 'Belle,' and Stepin Fetchit as 'Uncle Peter.'

Fo' Gawd, Miss Scarlett! We's got ter have a doctah. Ah- Ah- Miss Scarlett, Ah doan know nuthin' 'bout bringin' babies. -Prissy

Practically everybody is suing everybody else these days.

Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.

[T]he merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured.